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Annex B Projects by region

Monitoring and reporting results for year 1 of the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund (the Fund).

Publication type: Corporate report
Date: 28 June 2022

Part of:: Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund: year 1 - monitoring and reporting summary

Mortality Rates, Management Actions and Decadal Trends

This report investigates the potential for assessment of fish populations at a sub-river scale. A sophisticated mathematical model was used to separate salmon from a single river (North Esk, eastern Scotland) into three sub-stocks, based on the

Publication type: Progress report
Date: 29 October 2015

Part of:: Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 6 No 12: The demography of a phenotypically mixed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) population as discerned for an eastern Scottish river

4 The Sustainability Appraisal (SA)

This report summarises the findings of the Sustainability Appraisal undertaken on the draft pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan incorporating a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) required under Directive 2001/42/EC and

Publication type: Corporate report
Date: 15 June 2015

Part of:: Pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan - Sustainability Appraisal

Appendix 1: Governance paper

A summary of the Lessons Learned during the process of developing the pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan.

Publication type: Factsheet
Date: 21 March 2016

Part of:: Pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan. Lessons Learned.

7 Development of HPMA proposals

Guidelines describing the proposed process for identifying and selecting Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) in Scottish waters. These were drafted by our statutory nature conservation advisors, NatureScot and the Joint Nature Conservation

Publication type: Consultation paper
Date: 12 December 2022

Part of:: Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) - site selection: draft guidelines

8.0 Next Steps

Environmental report setting out the findings of the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) undertaken to inform preparation of Scotland's draft National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4).

Publication type: Impact assessment
Date: 29 November 2021

Part of:: Scotland 2045: fourth National Planning Framework - draft: integrated impact assessment - environmental report

3. Geothermal Model Development

Report of the study exploring the potential of a geothermal district heating system accessing hot sedimentary aquifer resources underlying Guardbridge, Fife.

Publication type: Progress report
Date: 23 March 2016

Part of:: Guardbridge geothermal technology demonstrator project: feasibility report

References

Trawling and tank based trials were conducted to assess whether electrofishing (which is currently prohibited under EU regulations) for razor clams Ensis siliqua and E. arquatus affects survival and behaviour patterns in Ensis spp. and non-target

Publication type: Progress report
Date: 16 October 2014

Part of:: Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Volume 5 Number 14: Electrofishing for Razor Clams (Ensis siliqua and E. arquatus): Effects on Survival and Recovery of Target and Non-Target Species

1 Introduction

This report presents modelling of the acoustic output of operational off-shore wind turbines and its dependence on the type of foundation structure used.

Publication type: Progress report
Date: 11 September 2013

Part of:: Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Volume 4 Number 5: Modelling of Noise Effects of Operational Offshore Wind Turbines including noise transmission through various foundation types

5 Effect of acoustic output on marine life